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Medicine Is No Magic Potion for Bipolar Disorder

When you have bipolar disorder, no medication can truly change your attitude or thinking, as I learned from my late father. It takes hard work. Photo: marioaguilar/Getty Images By Brad Hoefs My dad was the first person I knew who had bipolar disorder. It was back in 1975 that he had a “nervous breakdown.” For months he battled severe depression. It was at this point he went to the family doctor, who referred him to a psychiatrist who diagnosed him with “manic depression.” Now, wh...